CA High School Sophomore’s NRA Shirt “Promotes Gun Violence”

“Sophomore Haley Bullwinkle said when she wore her NRA shirt to Canyon High School last month, she landed in the principal’s office for violating the school’s dress code that forbids offensive, violent or divisive clothing. ‘They were treating me like I was a criminal,’ she said. ‘I was not allowed to wear that at school because it promoted gun violence.’” Today’s tale of government school anti-gun thuggery comes from Anaheim Hills, California via cbslocal.com . . .

Canyon High’s (“preparing our students for the global economy”) teachable moment: the NRA (the nation’s premier promoter of Second Amendment right and firearms safety training and education) is synonymous with gun violence. Shiny new Canyon High principal and dedicated zero tolerance bureaucratic functionary Kimberly Fricker bravely deflected blame for the anti-gun fatwa onto “school police” because of the image of a rifle (in a hunter’s hands) on the shirt.

She hasn’t returned our call for comment yet, but we’ll keep you informed.

I propose an experiment. Have 1 child where a shirt with the text of each amendment from the BoR on it to school over a two week period. Wait until the tenth day to have said child where the 2d amendment shirt and see what happens. Alternatively have 10 children wear the same assorted shirt on the same day. See which child/or when a child is hassled by the faculty.

Free speech has been dead. There are/were Blasphemy laws (rare but there) & anti “swearing” laws.The FCC which was put in place by congress is regulating what is offensive to them and dishes out heavy fines to the speakers. There has been government boards decrying what is pornography (and banned) and what is art (legal) so if Uncle Sam doesn’t like a book they can either have it not published or prevent import. Lets not of course forget hate speech laws, where if you come across even a little too angry you can be in some trouble. We even have silly contempt of court rules where if you don’t address a judge by an arbitrary title or say something that offends them you can find yourself in jail and your money stolen. Try calling the person who rear ended you a S.o.B. or something in court and don’t see if you get a warning, then an outright fine.

People seem to ignore that the first amendment, and please correct me if I’m incorrect, says nothing about the right of the people to not be offended. Zip, nada, nothing. Says nothing about if you hate something to shut up your mouth, or to follow silly taboos against some words because ass is some how worse than buttocks. The goal post of what is offensive is easily moved at the whim of those who wish to silence others.

The First Amendment is a virtual GUARANTEE that someone, somewhere is going to be offended by something someone else says. As a veteran, my motto was “I may not agree with what you’re saying, but I will defend to the death your RIGHT to say it.”

I’m sure they would be fine with any other organizations shirt like Mom’s Demand Action with a picture of a gun with a big red X through it. Or, Planned Parenthood. In fact they probably hand out Planned Parenthood shirts to each student while promoting their solution for teen pregnancy. Sadly, children can’t go to a government sponsored indoctrination center, err, I mean school without getting their fill of some teacher or administrators political views. This is among many reasons why my children will never go to a public school. God help us. What is this country going to look like in another 20-50 years?

Just FYI, my wife is also in the CA public school system, and she’s even more right wing than I am. There are still teachers that know, understand, and respect freedom. The administrators, with few exceptions, lean extremely far left. This is a good example.

A good step in the right direction to untangle the mess our schools are in is to eliminate the Federal Department of Education. It’s only been around since about 1980. Return control of the schools to the local communities.

For our countries future and freedoms sake this is as important as eliminating the ATF.

How far back do we have to go? Before they added ‘Under God’ to the Pledge of Allegiance in the Eisenhower Administration? That was a political agenda against the Communists. I agree with you 100% but my question is ‘When were the good ol’ times?”

The thing with abortion is a whole lot different. The “freedom” of the woman to “chose” literally destroys every single decision that baby could ever make for its whole life. Ever see a viable baby squirm in pain as it gets ripped to pieces in the womb? Watch an ultrasound of that happening and then tell me how much you support abortion. I have no problem with abortion as long as the baby is free to chose it as well.

The last time I checked, women also have the freedom to close their legs, take a pill, have the man wear a condom, or not have sex.

I’m pretty f$&@ing tired of being called anti freedom because I chose not to support abortion.

I lean this way too, especially for late term abortion in which the fetus stands any kind of chance of survival outside the womb. A fertilized egg isn’t a person as far as I’m concerned. As to that magic cutoff between egg and potentially viable fetus…where to draw the line…that’s a tough one. I don’t pretend to have that one figured out.

Regardless, I agree 100% with your main point. Matt, I don’t think that abortion and gun rights are interchangeable in that way. Right to defend yourself and loved ones against violence or oppression? No gray area there for me. Abortion, very complicated.

I agree. I wouldn’t want the principal to go after them over the dress code either. The problem is who gets to decide what is divisive and what isn’t. Che T-shirts are about as close to Nazi icons as far as I am concerned but those shirts have been popular for a while.

How many teenagers are injured for life from high school football, a sport which promotes extreme violence. Yet football jerseys are worn as a symbol of pride and violence-based school solidarity, and big rallies are held where these violent, extreme acts are applauded!

I wear my Gadsden & Cullpepper shirts everyday to work – and I work at a very liberal musical instrument store. My boss though, understands my rights of expression because it’s the same ones that we promote when people create music.

Well, no offense, but that’s because you work a music store… A “who farted?” could be considered acceptable attire…

I work as an engineer for 100 billion dollar a year company. In my office we have “lunch at the range” Friday, I go on hunting trips with coworkers, and everyone is very pro gun, but the reality is we cannot walk around in NRA or pro gun attire- it’s not professional.

I’m a big truck driving, hunting and fishing, gun toting Texan who lives on 5 acres in the county, guns are just a way of life for me. But, when it’s business time (including school), keep it business.

You make a good point, but also consider that people are not forced by law to work at a place that doesn’t allow them to express themselves. Of course, one might argue that there are alternatives to public school, but the laws, taxes, and regulations tend to push kids that way pretty damn hard.

Before I wear my put on my uniform, I’ll take my TTAG, Assaulted Crew, Rand Paul, or Hornady shirt into work. My office is public property, as is a school. I assure you that the 1st Amendment applies to public property.
The 2nd Amendment is supposed to apply as well, mind you, but we as a society are allowing ourselves to be disarmed.

As I am part Native American, I find their school mascot racist, insensitive, and demeaning. I demand the school ban any future use of the mascot, the image or school team name, and moreover, I demand that they provide me with a pretty pink pony and a field of flowers.

I like the term “second wave American” as a way to refer to the descendents of the people who came over the land bridge about 12K years ago and pushed out the aborigines, with the people of European descent as “third wave Americans.”

Of course if Haley had worn a t-shirt with the image of Che Guevara , she’d have been considered a free thinking humanitarian “global citizen” and given maximum exposure on MSNBC. WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP! As a Califonian, firearms enthusiast and NRA member its clear to me that her 1st Amendment rights have been trampled on by a clearly left wing politically correct school administration . They all need to be shown the door! Unbelievable and this in conservative Orange County!

The most upsetting part of this to me is the assertion that we, the NRA/gun owners/the armed intelligentsia, promote and cause violence. They’ve been insinuating it forever, but this is a whole new level of bluntness.

On a more serious note, I hope that they are able to sue the principal and the school district and that she gets a nice settlement that will pay all of her college costs with some left over, say, for a lifetime membership to the NRA. Wouldn’t that be sweetly ironic?

Canyon High School (which prohibited an NRA shirt because it “promoted gun violence”) has, as their logo and mascot – wait for it – a COMANCHE WARRIOR! Yes, the scourge of the Texas/Mexico border area, one of the fiercest western fighting tribes, hated and feared by all of their neighbors, fond of torturing and killing babies, eager to get their hands on firearms and use them in their battles – these are the exemplars of the “fighting spirit” of the Canyon HS athletic teams! GO Comanches! Kill the opponents!

When my son was in high school, He wore a NSSF SCTP shirt, which had a picture of a person shooting a shotgun in its logo. He was told that wearing it violated the districts no weapon depiction policy. I got into it with the vice principal, and told her that under the policy you could wear a shirt with the CA state seal on it as it has a spear on it. Like wise several other school logos had swords and spears on them. The NSSF the NRA attorneys got involved and the dist changed its dress code. It took about a year. I now wish that we would have taken it to court and put the hurt on the school dist. He could of used the money for college. My advice is for these folks to sue the dist. Its a 1st amd issue. The NRA will get involved…or contact Chuck Michle gun rights attorney of the CRPA.

That was the first thing I noticed, Chip. I’m cynical enough to believe this is a fishing expedition by the parents.

That said, I still disagree with the school’s policy and actions. I just wish the shirt was a little more her size. Part of winning a battle is not leaving openings for the enemy, and if she’s wearing her dad’s shirt, that’s a pretty big opening.

California, how much of this are you going to stand for? I vacillate between sympathy for you and wondering if you are actually in favor of subjecting yourselves and your children to such moronic policies. The rest of the country can not intervene in your state politics, and rightly so. The ball is in your court, citizens. NOTHING will improve until you DO SOMETHING. If I am missing your local efforts please forgive my criticism, but Colorado, though presently still burdened with the instigating legislation, did something. What you are allowing to occur will eventually infect other states so, PLEASE, make your voices be heard. Best of luck.